English
Detailed Synonyms for affricate consonant in English
affricate consonant:
affricate consonant [the ~] noun
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the affricate consonant
– a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy') 1the affricative; the affricate; the affricate consonant– a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy') 1